Plane.



PATENTED SEPT. 6

E. A. SCHADE.

PLANE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4.1904.

N0 MODEL.

w a m 1? d m Em Patented September 6, 1904.

UNTTED STATES ATENT @FTTCE.

EDMUND A. SCHADE, OF NEll' BRITAIN, CONNECIIICUT, ASSIHNOR T O STANLEY RULE & LEVEL COMPANY, OF NE1V BRITAIN, CONNECTI- CUT, A (,ORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

PLANE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,408, dated September 6, 1904.

Application filed June 4, 1904;. Serial No. 211,073. (No model.)

To (07/ u'lmm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND A. Sermon, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in planes.

The object of my invention is to provide means for adjustment of the plane-iron and means for locking the same to prevent accidental movement.

The invention consists in improvements the principles of which are illustrated in the accompanying single sheet of drawings.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a plane embodying the improvements of my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail fragmentary view showing the parts particularly necessary for comprehension of my improvement, a portion of the figure being shown in section.

1 indicates the body of a plane of any suitable construction. This in the form shown has handles 2 and 3. 1 is a frog of any suitable construction which provides a bearing for the plane-iron 5. 6 is a plate which serves to reinforce the plane-iron and in this particular instance affords the means of connection for the adjusting mechanism. 7 is a cap-screw which takes into the frog in any well-known manner. 8 is a cap coacting therewith, and 9 is a clamp for holding the parts in their proper position. All of these parts thus far described may be of anysuitable construction.

The cutting depth or position of the planeiron may be varied by means of a lever, which is commonly termed a Y adjustment.

In the drawings, 10 indicates a pi\ ot-pin carried by the frog and upon which the adjustment-lever is mounted.

11 is the nose of the lever, and 12 is one of the depending arms.

13 isa screw-post which is securely fastened to the frog 4.

11 is an operating-sleeve mounted to operate on the post 13 and having, preferably, a milled head 15.

16 is a shoulder or flange carried by the inner end and adapted to coact with the arm 12 of the :uljusting-lever.

17 is a member which is carried by the sleeve 1%. This affords a bearing for one side of the arm 12 of the Y adjustment, so that when the sleeve 1 1 is moved longitudinally on the post .13 the arm 12 is rocked to and fro to move the cutting-iron.

The adjusting-sleeve 14: as commonly constructed is likely to accidentally turn and move on the post 13 as the plane is used. sults sometimes in derangement of the adjustment of the plane and at all times tends to wear the parts unduly. By my construction this is avoided. The member 17 is preferably milled on the edge and may be adjusted on the post 11 to securely engage the arm 12 and clamp the same in position against the flange 16. The friction of the parts against the arm 12 serves to prevent the adjusting-sleeve from rotating on the post- 13. As a consequence the zuljusting-lever cannot move and the sleeve has no free play to cause wear on the parts. The plane-iron may be adjusted by releasing the clamping member 17 and then operating the adjListing-sleeve. The advantages of this construction will be apparent to those skilled in this art.

\Yhat I claim is-- 1. In a plane, the combination ofa body portion, a frog, a plane-iron and adjusting member, a post, a sleeve adjustable on said post and coactiug with said member and a clamping member mounted on said sleeve and also coacting with said member for the purpose specified.

2. In a plane, the combination of a body portion, a frog, a plane-iron, an adjusting mem- This reber eoacting therewith, ascrew-th readed post, Signed at New Britain, Connecticut, this 1st an adjusting-sleeve serew-threaded on said day of June, 190d.

post, aelarnping-sleeve screw-threaded on said EDMUND A SCHADE adjusting-sleeve and rotatable therewith and also independently thereof said sleeve and Witnesses:

clamping member coacting with said adjust- H. S. \VALTER,

ing member for the purpose specified. WV. J. WORAM. 

